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Register Now, PPCRV
You can check your election precinct no. online by accessing http://www.comelec.gov.ph/precinctfinder/precinctfinder.aspx
If you don't want to forfeit your right to vote in the May 2010 elections, register now. This is the call of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) to all eligible youth, first-time voters and Filipinos who have not registered and voted in previous elections.According to the Commission on Elections, Filipinos who are at least 18 years of age, those who will turn 18 come Election Day, and previous voters in the 2007 Sangguniang Kabataan elections should start applying for voter's registration this summer "to avoid long queues when the deadline draws near." If a person failed to vote in at least two previous regular elections, he should also apply for reactivation of records, the Comelec said. The Comelec regularly "cleanses the voters' list" by removing names of persons who failed to vote in two regular elections and making the files deactivated.
Deadline of registration for local voters is on October 31 while absentee voters' registration is until August 31. Registration is scheduled Mondays to Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at all local Comelec offices nationwide to "accommodate persons with busy schedule and who find it difficult to apply for registration," according to the Comelec. "Registration is the first step to exercise your suffrage. Now that registration is extended to include Saturdays and working holidays, we invite everyone to take this opportunity to register," said the Comelec. At least 40 million Filipinos are expected to vote in the May 2010 elections. |